Closure

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of closing or the state of being closed: closure of an incision.
  • n. Something that closes or shuts.
  • n. A bringing to an end; a conclusion: finally brought the project to closure.
  • n. A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience.
  • n. See cloture.
  • n. The property of being mathematically closed.
  • v. To cloture (a debate).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
  • n. A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
  • n. A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
  • n. An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
  • n. The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
  • n. The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
  • n. The act of shutting; a closing.
  • n. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
  • n. That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
  • n. A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of shutting; a closing.
  • n. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
  • n. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.
  • n. A conclusion; an end.
  • n. A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.
  • n. the property of being mathematically closed under some operation; -- said of sets.
  • n. the intersection of all closed sets containing the given set.
  • n. achievement of a sense of completeness and release from tension due to uncertainty; ; also, the sense of completion thus achieved.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of shutting, or the state of being closed; a closing or shutting up.
  • n. That by which anything is closed or shut; a means of closing.
  • n. Inclosure; also, that which incloses, bounds, covers, or shuts in.
  • n. Conclusion; end.
  • n. In legislation, the closing or stoppage of a debate: in the British House of Commons, the cutting off of debate so as to prevent further discussion or motions by the minority and cause a direct vote to be taken on the question before the House: often used in the French form clôture.
  • In England, to end by closure. See closure, n., 5.
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  • n. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • n. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
  • n. termination of operations
  • n. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
  • n. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
  • v. terminate debate by calling for a vote
  • n. the act of blocking
  • n. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    • Verb Form
    closured    closures    closuring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    approaching    coming    approach    gestalt principle of organization    gestalt law of organization   
    Cross Reference
    cloture   
    Hyponym
    thunk    hook and eye    latch    clasp    hasp   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    closing    inclosure    conclusion    end   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    composure    crozier    disclosure    enclosure    exposure   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    reversal    repair    evacuation    merger    fastener   
     
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